Albums that are so artistically diverse and/or have deep intrinsic meanings and you haven’t yet been able to truly understand them.

Here's mine:





and I'm still trying to figure out if this album is any good.

lilgish said:

I'll definitely second this one - I've owned it for about fifteen years, and I'm still not completely convinced that it's not a total piece of shit, but I find it interesting enough to listen to it fairly regularly.

I basically feel the same way about Scott Walker's Tilt - I'm not the least bit confident that it's any good, but it's one of the weirdest things I've ever heard in my life.

damosuzuki said:

you always have some great stuff, gotta check it out.

I love The Marble Index. Mind you, I don't really know what it's about (or Desertshore, for that matter), but it's kooky in a way that I like.

I'd definitely agree with you, lilgish! I haven't been able to listen to all of Miles' Bitches Brew and worst of all I brought the boxset, The Complete Bitches Brew Sessions. These are the other albums I can't seem to be able to hack to:

Aretha Franklin's Hey Now Hey (The Other Side Of The Sky)
Meshell Ndegeocello's Bitter
The Beatles' Let It Be

Hmmm...I never really tried to understand Bitches Brew or Come, I just listened to them and grew to really like them, esp. on vinyl.

silverchild said:

My head just blew off




lilgish, try Come again Hell, start w/ Space (or the title song)...

silverchild said:

I'm ashamed, but I sold my copy of 'Songs in the Key of Life' back a few months ago. I tried, but just couldn't get into it.

Bjork - Medulla


I am trying though...

Axchi696 said:

damn, not even all day sucker.

Everyone got it, accept me. Loved all their material afterwards. Just not this one.



Sorry, I dont see it. It was good, but not a classic. They have 5 better albums.



Produced in a toilet, and probably written on one.



It was shit.

SquirrelMeat said:

I like it, but I think they did and would do much better



Heresy!

the most-hyped album that I just don't "get" is probably Devils & Dust, Bruce Springsteen.

All the critics orgasmed all over themselves for this album, but it just bored me to tear. I couldn't even get through it, and i wasn't particularly interested in the lyrics or stories of the songs.

To me, it's all rote. He's done it before, and better.

Maybe i just need to come back to it in 6 months and give it another listen.

I bought some Pharoah Sanders over a year ago and can't hack 'em.

I think I'm thrown off when there isn't a steady meter for minutes on end.

Exile On Main Street. Just bought it and I can't see what's só good about it.

lilgish said:

Yup, the entire album. Just couldnt' get into it. I really don't like that organic '70's funk sound.

Axchi696 said:

Damn! Hearing that album for the first time was like church to me.

CinisterCee said:

I really tried with SITKOL; I know how musically important it is, I know how much influence it had on Sign 'o' the Times, I know all of that, but I just can't get into the music. I did like 'Love's in Need of Love Today', but that was about it. When the second song kicked in, I just couldn't hack it.

I'm too much a child of the '80s, at least in my R&B/Soul appreciation.

Axchi696 said:

I thought I was too, but Songs in the Key of Life has become one of my favorite albums of all time. Maybe you will think of it differently if you evern choose to revisit it! It's my favorite Stevie Wonder album by far.

River Of Dreams is one of my favorite songs and the album is great, but some of the themes are REALLY confusing!

CinisterCee said:

heard about him, I'll try to find something at the library.